Python Virtual Environments: A Primer – Real Python
Creating a Python virtual environment allows you to manage dependencies separately for different projects, preventing conflicts and maintaining cleaner setups. With Python’s venv module, you can …
virtual environment | Python Glossary – Real Python
In Python, a virtual environment (or “venv”) is a directory containing all the files and executables needed to support a functional Python environment. It allows you to maintain project-specific dependencies …
Working With Python Virtual Environments
A Virtual Environment (or “virtualenv”, “venv” for short) is an isolated Python environment. Physically, it lives inside a folder containing all the packages and other dependencies, like native-code libraries …
Managing Multiple Python Versions With pyenv – Real Python
Sep 1, 2025 · You’ve seen the pyenv local command before, but this time, you specify a virtual environment instead of a Python version. This command creates a .python-version file in your current …
Managing Virtual Environments With Poetry – Real Python
In the last lesson, you learned about the pyproject .toml, understanding its content and what each section does. In this lesson, I’ll show you how to manage virtual environments with Poetry and why …
Creating a Virtual Environment (Video) – Real Python
This lesson covers how to create a virtual environment in a project folder. You learned that following the steps below will install a self contained Python environment in your project directory:
Managing Python Projects With uv: An All-in-One Solution
Apr 28, 2025 · Instead, you’re just creating a virtual environment and installing a package for testing purposes. While the pip interface is available for use cases like this, it’s not intended for project …
Your Python Coding Environment on Windows: Setup Guide
In the following snippet, you’ll test out creating a folder, creating a virtual environment, installing a package, initializing a Git repository, and making sure that VS Code integrates with that setup:
Creating and Activating a Virtual Environment – Real Python
I am going to jump into a terminal session now, to show you how you can create and activate these virtual environments. Alright, I’m in my terminal here and now I am going to show you how to create …
The subprocess Module: Wrapping Programs With Python
Jan 18, 2025 · Later in the tutorial, you’ll examine a script that creates a Python project, complete with a virtual environment and a fully initialized Git repository. However, the Cookiecutter and Copier …